What's your go to sauce when you want a bit of heat?

[purplepoppy]

If you want a splodge of sauce to dip your food in and you want a kick. What hot sauce do you usually opt for?

Chili sauces

Hot mustards

Horseradish or wasabi

[MrOracle]

There's a hole-in-the-wall burrito shop in Oakland that's hard to get to (crappy parking situation) and is take-out-only since COVID, but not only do they make the best burritos, their hot sauce is divine.

Lots of places use peppers that are hot, but are grown for their heat and not their flavor. This place uses Serrano and Habenero peppers for heat, but mild ones that are bred for flavor more than heat. It's still hot, but the taste is fantastic - plenty good enough as a salsa with corn chips. It's slightly better than my grandmother's hot salsa, for which she was famous.

I don't get to that shop often, but when I do, I buy 3 or 4 burritos and eat them over a week, and they are SO GOOD, especially with their amazing hot sauce.

[Jersey2]

Frank’s Red Hot original is what I am using right now although I have similar other items in the fridge. . You can find it everywhere and it is good so I use it. They had a commercial of an old lady saying “I put that shi! t on everything” which was memorable. I prefer a good habanero bases scarce as I f’ing it has a lot of flavor, not just heat. It is cayenne pepper based.

I also make my own hot mustard from mustard powder and a bit of cold water but that is primarily for Chinese takeout food and a few other select items.

My go-to at the moment

[Jersey2]

Wow, typos much… “ I prefer a good habanero based sauce as I find it has a lot of flavor, not just heat.”

[JSkye]

I usually spring for a good habanero mango hot sauce myself, but it more depends on what food I am looking to spice up 🤔

[PBandJ_Nerd]

For me it'd be like a queso cheese dip or Buffalo chicken dip.

[AI Opinion]

Hanging out here on Girls Ask Guys, sharing my love for all things delicious is what I do best! When it comes to adding a bit of heat to my meals, Sriracha is my go-to sauce. There's something about its garlicky, slightly sweet, and definitely spicy flavor that makes it versatile enough to drizzle over anything from eggs to sandwiches, and even sushi - don't knock it 'til you've tried it! It's like the Swiss Army knife of hot sauces in my book. 🌶️ Plus, it has just the right level of kick without overwhelming the dish's original flavors. Trust me, a little squeeze of Sriracha, and you're in for a tasty ride!

[FreyaRed]

Tomatoes, paprika powder, garlic, onions, brown sugar, Tabasco original, little pinch nutmeg, optional a shot of au jus sauce if I have any in the fridge. Slightly reduced to get proper consistency.
Somehow I like Tabasco but I don't like chili
Sometimes I make horseradish or mustard sauce, but this practically bechamel sauce (in butter roasted wheat flour + sweet cream) with addition of a tea spoon of horse radish or table spoon of mustard.

[chefmaster]

My favorite is definitely "sriracha sauce". It's so delicious, it literally creates a festive atmosphere when I add a little bit to every meal! I definitely use it when making tacos. The combination of tulum cheese and sriracha is a whole other legend. Of course, pickled hot peppers are another legend, especially a must for breakfast.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Rarely sauces, spices way is the favoured way here, today is "Tex Mex" blend, tomorrow something else.

azerty

[mandyfire98]

Depends on what I'm eating. I love horseradish but also have this stuff called Irish mustard that's hot and has great flavor. I am a fan of Sriracha as well.

[EzraIsShy76028]

I guess I would say chili sauces.

Though the thing is, since I have GERD/acid reflux/heartburn so I really have to limit certain things. Spicy things and ketchup being the main things. I don't have to cut them out completely, but just greatly minimize how much I'd usually use before.

It's sort of unfortunate, but hey, at least I don't have to cut them out of my life 100%.

[andreasderjuengere]

I grow my own Thai Chilies in the garden. We sometimes make SiRacha type sauces from it, or use it as-is.

That's the practical part.

If only I got good local growing conditions and seed for quality horseradish... I'd have to extend my garden :)

As for mustards... they are nice, but I don't see ''heat''. Also ''Tabasco'' (no matter which type) is more for occasions when I don't want it too spicy.

[DrPepper12]

Wow. It's REALLY food specific tbh.

Mustard for cold cuts, knishes, sausages

Horseradish for steaks and soups

Wasabi for Asian cuisine

Tabasco for poultry, popcorn, Mexican,

Peppers for pizza

It's SO specific

[mstbooblover]

Generally if I want a sauce to be a little hot, I like Indian curry. Often also a knife point of moderately hot pili-pili or Cayenne pepper. Occasionally a little mustard.

[Nikki1989]

I always have many hot sauces to choose from.

[HawkPerception]

Caribbean hot sauce is my go-to. There are no particular brands that come to mind for me, but I grew up on my grandma's pepper sauce, which is scotch bonnet based. It was pretty hot, but had a really nice flavour. Everyone's who's tried it loved it.

[Steve-Handjobs]

I make a proprietary sauce called 911 sauce. It goes into your mouth like an airplane into the Empire State Building. Then it burns you from the ass up. I serve at dinner parties, and the only immediate remedy seems to be butt sex.

[Steve-Handjobs]

*World Trade Center -- oops, haven't had enough coffee yet

[Jersey2]

Actually a B-25 bomber ran into the Empire State Building in dense fog in the 1940s. But if I were your dinner guest and you said that about the world trade, I would take note as to how poor taste you have and are obviously classless.

[Crimsyjo]

Don't really like chilli sauce. Love mustard and horseradish. But don't really consider those as adding heat lol.

[RebelinSteel]

I was loving ghost pepper onion relish the other night, I also love a good home made horseradish sauce.

[Aiko_E_Lara]

I don't use sauces for that because it changes the taste of what I'm eating. I go straight with chili powder or dried chili flakes.

[Aiko_E_Lara]

Also when we are having grilled food, we commonly dip it with spiced in the vinegar and if i want it spicy, id just crush some fresh bird's eye chili in it

[Anonymous]

I like to make my own green salsa or the avocado salsa.

[NathanDavis]

I prefer mustard...

and some of the light heat salsas... usually green ones

[NaultD]

Kimchi. Out of the world flavor with heat to match.

[abc3643]

You forgot other pepper sauces such as Buffalo wing sauce or Tabasco.

[Wiredone]

I always reach for horseradish when I want a little kick in my food. I can't make it too hot anymore because my stomach can't handle it anymore. I used to enjoy really spicy food

[bobby_bush_eater]

Any hot sauce or buffalo is fine but I'm general I love the level of heat a good amount of red pepper flakes add. I also don't have a high spiciness tolerance though

[LiamJHayden]

This one.

[Sarah2007]

Dynamite shrimp sauce

[Anonymous]

I prefer chilli, mustard is my second choice. Wasabi and horseradish are too hot.

[MrGSpotHer]

All of the above it depends what I got, I love mustard though

[MyBrainsInsaneReign]

Not a sauce, but just adding plain jalapenos is pretty good.

[Jennz6]

I love Chili 🌶️ sauce

[avery58]

Chili sauces. Nothing beats salsa for me

[electromagnetic]

Chills for me.

[KittygosMeoWW]

Chili hot sauce

[LavLavLuv]

Samyang Buldak sauce

[Alexandria84]

I enjoy hot mustard.

[Iron_Man]

Anything

[AngelLily]

Hot Sauce

[Emmytexrex]

Oh those look good

[ashikaa10]

Chilli sauces

[Maybeyoutoo]

None